After a brief absence, spats of violence began anew. So ACFP is back with a new series of peace events.

It’s another one for the books, ladies and gentleman. I right this in disbelief. This is the 4th #PeaceMadePublic event we’ve had – and the first in what will hopefully be a series of 5 events to restore peace to Kibera. And it seems as though people were waiting for us to come back. There were people who attended the last events who returned once more. Still others showed up and asked if they could volunteer to help with the event. But the biggest shock was to find out that criminals showed up to the event and watch A Chance for Peace. After watching the performers, speakers, and the film itself, a few of them came up to our facilitator and said, “We want to be reformed. What can we do?”

Let’s just take that in for a moment. A Chance for Peace is living up to it’s name. I thought it’d go to film festivals and that’d be it. This is SO much better!

My hope is that at this point, you’re asking yourself how you can help. If not, it’s okay. But if you’re curious, there are more events planned and we need sponsors to help us facilitate these events.

A Chance for Peace is living up to it’s name. I thought it’d go to film festivals and that’d be it. This is so much better!

This event was held in Lindi, an area in Kibera recently hit with a spat of violence. But we don’t want to just show up when something goes wrong, we want to prevent violence from happening in the first place.

There are 5 wards in Kibera, so we have 4 more events to go. Each event costs $200 to put on. All our speakers, security, and performers are unpaid volunteers, so all $200 goes toward to event itself. If you’re interested in helping us reform these men that are just coming up to us asking for a chance for peace, please, donate today or share this post (below) to expand our reach. We are 100% grassroots and thank you dearly for your support.

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I knew bringing this pivotal year to life on the web was going to be a challenge, but as I’ve learned, the trick to overcoming any challenge is to find the beauty. Luckily I stumbled upon graphic designer and illustrator Phathu Nembilwi’s Instagram page. One DM later and our creative collaboration began – from 10,300 miles away.

It was imperative to me that A Chance for Peace be screened in an open public space, for free. This way anyone walking by had the opportunity to see their own history presented to them as a mirror, but not the story on the news of violence and terror. Here, they got to see the tragedies of the past and the grassroots peace efforts they never heard of. The hope was that they’d begin building bridges to peace now, before history repeats.

One of the many lessons I’ve learned over the past 9 years of working on A Chance for Peace came immediately to mind on that first day: just listen. So I asked, “What is your definition of peace?” My favorite response: “Peace is gift you give to someone else.” Brilliant.

Special thanks to our latest donor Melissa Rivera Sosa for her contribution to A Chance for Peace. She’s a dear friend of director Tyler Batson and exemplifies a spirit of unwavering determination and faith – a spirit that is a privilege to see grow more and more each day.